In 2004, a large earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered the largest tsunami in recorded history. One of the countries hit by the tsunami was Sri Lanka, where the wave caused one of the worst train disasters in human history when it hit the Queen of the Sea passenger line, which was carrying 1,500 passengers along Sri Lanka's west coast. Watch Destruction Decoded on Wednesdays at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

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🌊 2004 Tsunami: 230,000 Dead in One Day On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1–9.3 earthquake off Sumatra ripped open the seafloor and launched a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across 14 countries. Many of those people never felt the earthquake. They were on beaches, in trains, in fishing villages and resorts. Hours later, the ocean rose up and erased their world. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Somalia, Tanzania and more — all hit by waves born f

440K views · 2.7K reactions | It's been 21 years since the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004. It was Boxing Day when a 9.2-9.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 275,000 people were killed across 14 countries, marking it one of the largest natural disasters in recorded history. #tsunami #boxingdaytsunami #earthquake #naturaldisaster #Asia | 7NEWS Australia | Facebook